(7 Mar 2017) Russian tulip-growers in Nizhny Novgorod say trade is booming and they're hoping for continued good sales.
The tulip trade in the city southeast of Moscow has been increasing over the past years.
Local agricultural business Gorkovsky has grown 700,000 tulips in 2017, which makes up one third of the city's flower demand.
The rest of the flowers come from the Moscow region, the southern city of Krasnodar and abroad.
The company started with 100,000 tulips only six years ago but, thanks to rising demand, next year they are planning to grow one million flowers.
The tulips are usually cut in the morning before their buds open.
Then they are sorted, packed and brought to shops and markets.
One tulip costs from 50 to 200 rubles (approx. 0.9 - 3.5US dollars)
The Russian-grown tulip trade has been given a boost in recent years, thanks to tensions with the West over the annexation of Crimea and the war in Eastern Ukraine.
Dutch-imported tulips, for example, while not directly banned under the Russian counter-sanctions, have in recent years been subject to import restrictions related to concerns over health and safety and the Russian counter-sanctions against some European Union-imported foodstuffs.
In 2015, shipments of Dutch flowers were burnt by officials, who cited concerns over insect infestations allegedly found in the flowers.
Government sanctions enacted in response to those imposed by the West in the wake of the Russian annexation of Crimea reduced foreign competition in some sectors of the Russian economy, helping entrepreneurs to expand rapidly to plug the gap.
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Video ID: 20140809-062
W/SOrchardC/UApplesSOTAlexander Ralko, agronomist (in Russian): "I think we are to secure some 80% of supplies to Russia with our Crimean apples."
W/S Orchard
M/S Ralko tending the orchard
C/U Apple
W/S Ralko tending the orchard
M/S Orchard
SOT Alexander Ralko, agronomist (in Russian): "Take a look, this tree was planted two years ago. The trees start giving 25-30 tons per hectare on the second year. This is why even if you have a little land to farm in Crimea, you can have great crops using intensive technologies."
C/U Apples
SOT Alexander Ralko, agronomist (in Russian): "This apple is of good quality, it does not lose to a Polish apple in any way, and we are much better on the issue of taste and on the issue of pesticides."
C/U Pipe
W/S Field
W/S Field
SCRIPT
Crimean apple growers were making preparations on Saturday to replace European companies barred from the Russian market due to recent trade restrictions. Import substitution will particularly affect Poland, the biggest apple producer in Europe. Fields near Bakhchisaray are hosting a number of companies growing apple trees on plots ranging from a dozen hectares to almost 300.
Farmers use drip irrigation technology, using water from nearby ponds. The two main apple varieties grown here are Simerenko and Fuji. The agronomists at the farms expect good crops, and producers hope for help from the government to hasten the transportation process and spread their apples all over Russia.
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Learn about Stemilt Farms, a provider of AmazonFresh product, and their very special pears.

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On Thursday, July 17, 2014, a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet carrying 298 people was shot down over eastern Ukraine — allegedly by pro-Russia separatists. Residents in the area described bodies falling from the sky and landing in their own backyards.
VICE News travels to the still-gruesome scene of the crash and speaks to residents who witnessed firsthand a tragedy that promises to dramatically alter the terms of the conflict.
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Working with local universities and educating Russian farmers in minimum tillage in order to preserve soil and increase growers' yields

published:23 Mar 2016

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Around2000 people gathered at the main square in Amsterdam on Sunday (September 14) to join a massive tomato fight in support of the Dutch vegetable growers who are being affected by a Russian boycott of the EU agricultural products.
The popular SpanishLa Tomatina festival in Buñol inspired a few young Dutch entrepreneurs to organize Amsterdam's version of the tomato fight, drawing attention to the situation of Dutch tomato farmers affected by Russian sanctions.
In the fight that lasted for one hour the participants used about 10,000 kilograms of tomatoes.
To avoid completely wasting the food, the remaining pulp will be used as a source for making biogas, according to one of the organisers, Joep Verbunt.
"We organise it because of the Russian boycott, our farmers they have a big problem because they cannot deliver their products anymore to Russia and we try to help them to collect enough money, because everybody who is here they pay 15 euros, so the money goes to the farmers that have the problem now," Verbunt told Reuters, as he got hit by a fying tomato.
The Netherlands is one of the world's largest agricultural exporters of tomatoes, potatoes and cucumbers.
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We took a trip to Amsterdam to learn about the ban of psychedelic mushrooms and the rise of truffles that contain psilocybin (the stuff that makes you trip balls).
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(6 May 2017) LEADIN
In the heart of the RussianUral mountain range, deep in the sub arctic forest known as the Taiga, lies the town of Volchansk.
It is an unremarkable town, but it has one claim to fame... it is the smallest town in Russia with its own tram service.
STORYLINE
Welcome to Volchansk, best known as Russia's smallest town with its own tramway.
A single-track 7.5-kilometer line connects the northern and the southern part of the town.
Costing just 30 US cents per ride, the tram carries up to 300 people on a weekday, running across town once an hour on old crooked rails.
In 1956, Volchansk was granted the township status after it expanded 6 kilometers north to compounds where coal, and before that gold mines, had been located.
The tram system, along with much of the town's infrastructure and industrial facilities, was constructed by German prisoners of war during and after World War II.
The tram system became operational in 1951 and initially ran along three routes transporting workers to industry.
One of the lines led to an opencast colliery, another, a cross-city line to the neighbouring town of Karpinsk 35 kilometers away.
The former was closed in 1994 due to theft of the rails and trolley wire while the latter was dismantled less than 10 years after the opening because it was in the way of a large working excavator.
The third, a 7.5-kilometer route, still crosses the town north to south.
Some residents still remember when the tramcars were full of people, and they had to hitch an extra car.
However the population of Volchansk has decreased steadily from 36 thousands of people in 1973 to under 10,000 today as the descendants of the WWII prisoners of war who constituted the majority in the town have moved to Germany.
Larisa Bushuyeva, the director of the tram line, adds that tram lost many of its passengers to buses and private cars.
"The thefts began (in 1990s): once a rail was detached and carried away, another time (a piece of) wire was stolen. And it (the tram) became unprofitable - people had been leaving the town. Are we to drive empty trams ? We decided one would be enough. Then buses appeared here. And accordingly all of them are faster and more convenient. People preferred another type of transport. Now we work as an antiquity."
All this makes the tram service unprofitable; every year local and regional authorities fund about $180,000 to maintain the line.
Four kilometers of the line between the two towns pass through part of the thick forest known as taiga that stretches from the Ural Mountains to the Far East.
The passengers often use the tram just to enjoy the forest view or to go there for fishing and mushroom picking.
Tram driverGalina Fyodorova says "here (in the forest) nobody gets on or gets off. Only mushroom-gatherers in summer."
Despite of perceptible shaking and loud noise inside, people love this transport mainly because it has a fixed schedule making it more reliable than local buses.
"It's faster by bus. (But) if you have an appoinment, you have to walk and wait (for bus), but by tram you reach (your destination) in time (knowing the schedule)." says passenger MargaritaFaber.
In 2009 Volchansk was recognised by the "book of records of Russia" as the "smallest town with tramway transportation".
Their plan to raise the claim to Guinness World Records was thwarted when they discovered a smaller town in Germany with a similar tram.
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Russian PresidentVladimir Putin congratulated the workers of Russia's agro-industrial sector on their professional day in Moscow on Sunday.
Vladimir Putin, President of Russia (Russian): "Dear friends! I would like to congratulate you on your professional holiday, Agriculture and Processing IndustryWorkers' Day. First of all, I would like to thank you for your constructive and intensive labour, for the rich and bountiful harvest grown by your hands and care, and for the excellent results that Russia is proud of. Today the agro-industrial complex is one of the drivers of national economic development. Our grain growers, livestock breeders and processing industry workers are proving by their actions that they can do business in a modern way, efficiently and assiduously. Relying on the best centuries-old traditions of the Russian peasantry, they are capable of setting records. This year we are expecting the biggest grain harvest in the history of modern Russia – about 115 million tonnes. Our country is in the lead in grain exports. I would like to note the good growth dynamics in other key sectors of the agro-industrial complex. In a word, Russia's agriculture is on the rise. The state will continue rendering its large-scale assistance and will support those who want to work the land and achieve success. Certainly, we will pay special attention to improving people's living standards, developing agricultural land and building modern social infrastructure facilities there. I am confident that our producers can fully supply the domestic market with quality food products: we have the potential to turn Russia into one of the world's largest food producers. This is an ambitious but – let me emphasise this again – quite realistic task. The main thing is to consistently work towards the set goal. I would like to thank again all the workers of the agro-industrial complex for your labour and dedication, for your contribution to Russia's development and consolidation. I sincerely wish you and your families good health, happiness, prosperity and, of course, new achievements. Happy professional holiday!"
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published:09 Oct 2016

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In a bid to resolve a trade row with Russia, Turkey has proposed Moscow lifts its ban on imported Turkish tomatoes during periods when Russian growers are unable to produce their own

Russian tulip-growers say trade is booming

(7 Mar 2017) Russian tulip-growers in Nizhny Novgorod say trade is booming and they're hoping for continued good sales.
The tulip trade in the city southeast of Moscow has been increasing over the past years.
Local agricultural business Gorkovsky has grown 700,000 tulips in 2017, which makes up one third of the city's flower demand.
The rest of the flowers come from the Moscow region, the southern city of Krasnodar and abroad.
The company started with 100,000 tulips only six years ago but, thanks to rising demand, next year they are planning to grow one million flowers.
The tulips are usually cut in the morning before their buds open.
Then they are sorted, packed and brought to shops and markets.
One tulip costs from 50 to 200 rubles (approx. 0.9 - 3.5US dollars)
The Russian-grown tulip trade has been given a boost in recent years, thanks to tensions with the West over the annexation of Crimea and the war in Eastern Ukraine.
Dutch-imported tulips, for example, while not directly banned under the Russian counter-sanctions, have in recent years been subject to import restrictions related to concerns over health and safety and the Russian counter-sanctions against some European Union-imported foodstuffs.
In 2015, shipments of Dutch flowers were burnt by officials, who cited concerns over insect infestations allegedly found in the flowers.
Government sanctions enacted in response to those imposed by the West in the wake of the Russian annexation of Crimea reduced foreign competition in some sectors of the Russian economy, helping entrepreneurs to expand rapidly to plug the gap.
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1:22

Russia: Sanctions provide Crimean farmers with window of opportunity

Russia: Sanctions provide Crimean farmers with window of opportunity

Russia: Sanctions provide Crimean farmers with window of opportunity

Video ID: 20140809-062
W/SOrchardC/UApplesSOTAlexander Ralko, agronomist (in Russian): "I think we are to secure some 80% of supplies to Russia with our Crimean apples."
W/S Orchard
M/S Ralko tending the orchard
C/U Apple
W/S Ralko tending the orchard
M/S Orchard
SOT Alexander Ralko, agronomist (in Russian): "Take a look, this tree was planted two years ago. The trees start giving 25-30 tons per hectare on the second year. This is why even if you have a little land to farm in Crimea, you can have great crops using intensive technologies."
C/U Apples
SOT Alexander Ralko, agronomist (in Russian): "This apple is of good quality, it does not lose to a Polish apple in any way, and we are much better on the issue of taste and on the issue of pesticides."
C/U Pipe
W/S Field
W/S Field
SCRIPT
Crimean apple growers were making preparations on Saturday to replace European companies barred from the Russian market due to recent trade restrictions. Import substitution will particularly affect Poland, the biggest apple producer in Europe. Fields near Bakhchisaray are hosting a number of companies growing apple trees on plots ranging from a dozen hectares to almost 300.
Farmers use drip irrigation technology, using water from nearby ponds. The two main apple varieties grown here are Simerenko and Fuji. The agronomists at the farms expect good crops, and producers hope for help from the government to hasten the transportation process and spread their apples all over Russia.
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2:43

Farm to Fresh: Stemilt Farms Russian River Pears

Farm to Fresh: Stemilt Farms Russian River Pears

Farm to Fresh: Stemilt Farms Russian River Pears

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On Thursday, July 17, 2014, a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet carrying 298 people was shot down over eastern Ukraine — allegedly by pro-Russia separatists. Residents in the area described bodies falling from the sky and landing in their own backyards.
VICE News travels to the still-gruesome scene of the crash and speaks to residents who witnessed firsthand a tragedy that promises to dramatically alter the terms of the conflict.
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2:30

Better soil leads to better crops

Better soil leads to better crops

Better soil leads to better crops

Working with local universities and educating Russian farmers in minimum tillage in order to preserve soil and increase growers' yields

1:41

Dutch throw tomatoes in fruity protest against Russian boycott

Dutch throw tomatoes in fruity protest against Russian boycott

Dutch throw tomatoes in fruity protest against Russian boycott

Around2000 people gathered at the main square in Amsterdam on Sunday (September 14) to join a massive tomato fight in support of the Dutch vegetable growers who are being affected by a Russian boycott of the EU agricultural products.
The popular SpanishLa Tomatina festival in Buñol inspired a few young Dutch entrepreneurs to organize Amsterdam's version of the tomato fight, drawing attention to the situation of Dutch tomato farmers affected by Russian sanctions.
In the fight that lasted for one hour the participants used about 10,000 kilograms of tomatoes.
To avoid completely wasting the food, the remaining pulp will be used as a source for making biogas, according to one of the organisers, Joep Verbunt.
"We organise it because of the Russian boycott, our farmers they have a big problem because they cannot deliver their products anymore to Russia and we try to help them to collect enough money, because everybody who is here they pay 15 euros, so the money goes to the farmers that have the problem now," Verbunt told Reuters, as he got hit by a fying tomato.
The Netherlands is one of the world's largest agricultural exporters of tomatoes, potatoes and cucumbers.
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21:07

The Rise of Psychedelic Truffles in Amsterdam

The Rise of Psychedelic Truffles in Amsterdam

The Rise of Psychedelic Truffles in Amsterdam

We took a trip to Amsterdam to learn about the ban of psychedelic mushrooms and the rise of truffles that contain psilocybin (the stuff that makes you trip balls).
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5:14

Russia's smallest town with own tram system built by German POWs

Russia's smallest town with own tram system built by German POWs

Russia's smallest town with own tram system built by German POWs

(6 May 2017) LEADIN
In the heart of the RussianUral mountain range, deep in the sub arctic forest known as the Taiga, lies the town of Volchansk.
It is an unremarkable town, but it has one claim to fame... it is the smallest town in Russia with its own tram service.
STORYLINE
Welcome to Volchansk, best known as Russia's smallest town with its own tramway.
A single-track 7.5-kilometer line connects the northern and the southern part of the town.
Costing just 30 US cents per ride, the tram carries up to 300 people on a weekday, running across town once an hour on old crooked rails.
In 1956, Volchansk was granted the township status after it expanded 6 kilometers north to compounds where coal, and before that gold mines, had been located.
The tram system, along with much of the town's infrastructure and industrial facilities, was constructed by German prisoners of war during and after World War II.
The tram system became operational in 1951 and initially ran along three routes transporting workers to industry.
One of the lines led to an opencast colliery, another, a cross-city line to the neighbouring town of Karpinsk 35 kilometers away.
The former was closed in 1994 due to theft of the rails and trolley wire while the latter was dismantled less than 10 years after the opening because it was in the way of a large working excavator.
The third, a 7.5-kilometer route, still crosses the town north to south.
Some residents still remember when the tramcars were full of people, and they had to hitch an extra car.
However the population of Volchansk has decreased steadily from 36 thousands of people in 1973 to under 10,000 today as the descendants of the WWII prisoners of war who constituted the majority in the town have moved to Germany.
Larisa Bushuyeva, the director of the tram line, adds that tram lost many of its passengers to buses and private cars.
"The thefts began (in 1990s): once a rail was detached and carried away, another time (a piece of) wire was stolen. And it (the tram) became unprofitable - people had been leaving the town. Are we to drive empty trams ? We decided one would be enough. Then buses appeared here. And accordingly all of them are faster and more convenient. People preferred another type of transport. Now we work as an antiquity."
All this makes the tram service unprofitable; every year local and regional authorities fund about $180,000 to maintain the line.
Four kilometers of the line between the two towns pass through part of the thick forest known as taiga that stretches from the Ural Mountains to the Far East.
The passengers often use the tram just to enjoy the forest view or to go there for fishing and mushroom picking.
Tram driverGalina Fyodorova says "here (in the forest) nobody gets on or gets off. Only mushroom-gatherers in summer."
Despite of perceptible shaking and loud noise inside, people love this transport mainly because it has a fixed schedule making it more reliable than local buses.
"It's faster by bus. (But) if you have an appoinment, you have to walk and wait (for bus), but by tram you reach (your destination) in time (knowing the schedule)." says passenger MargaritaFaber.
In 2009 Volchansk was recognised by the "book of records of Russia" as the "smallest town with tramway transportation".
Their plan to raise the claim to Guinness World Records was thwarted when they discovered a smaller town in Germany with a similar tram.
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Russian PresidentVladimir Putin congratulated the workers of Russia's agro-industrial sector on their professional day in Moscow on Sunday.
Vladimir Putin, President of Russia (Russian): "Dear friends! I would like to congratulate you on your professional holiday, Agriculture and Processing IndustryWorkers' Day. First of all, I would like to thank you for your constructive and intensive labour, for the rich and bountiful harvest grown by your hands and care, and for the excellent results that Russia is proud of. Today the agro-industrial complex is one of the drivers of national economic development. Our grain growers, livestock breeders and processing industry workers are proving by their actions that they can do business in a modern way, efficiently and assiduously. Relying on the best centuries-old traditions of the Russian peasantry, they are capable of setting records. This year we are expecting the biggest grain harvest in the history of modern Russia – about 115 million tonnes. Our country is in the lead in grain exports. I would like to note the good growth dynamics in other key sectors of the agro-industrial complex. In a word, Russia's agriculture is on the rise. The state will continue rendering its large-scale assistance and will support those who want to work the land and achieve success. Certainly, we will pay special attention to improving people's living standards, developing agricultural land and building modern social infrastructure facilities there. I am confident that our producers can fully supply the domestic market with quality food products: we have the potential to turn Russia into one of the world's largest food producers. This is an ambitious but – let me emphasise this again – quite realistic task. The main thing is to consistently work towards the set goal. I would like to thank again all the workers of the agro-industrial complex for your labour and dedication, for your contribution to Russia's development and consolidation. I sincerely wish you and your families good health, happiness, prosperity and, of course, new achievements. Happy professional holiday!"
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2:39

Turkey seeks compromise over Russian ban on its tomatoes

Turkey seeks compromise over Russian ban on its tomatoes

Turkey seeks compromise over Russian ban on its tomatoes

In a bid to resolve a trade row with Russia, Turkey has proposed Moscow lifts its ban on imported Turkish tomatoes during periods when Russian growers are unable to produce their own

Russian tulip-growers say trade is booming

(7 Mar 2017) Russian tulip-growers in Nizhny Novgorod say trade is booming and they're hoping for continued good sales.
The tulip trade in the city southeast of Moscow has been increasing over the past years.
Local agricultural business Gorkovsky has grown 700,000 tulips in 2017, which makes up one third of the city's flower demand.
The rest of the flowers come from the Moscow region, the southern city of Krasnodar and abroad.
The company started with 100,000 tulips only six years ago but, thanks to rising demand, next year they are planning to grow one million flowers.
The tulips are usually cut in the morning before their buds open.
Then they are sorted, packed and brought to shops and markets.
One tulip costs from 50 to 200 rubles (approx. 0.9 - 3.5US dollars)
The Russian-g...

published: 13 Mar 2017

Russia: Sanctions provide Crimean farmers with window of opportunity

Video ID: 20140809-062
W/SOrchardC/UApplesSOTAlexander Ralko, agronomist (in Russian): "I think we are to secure some 80% of supplies to Russia with our Crimean apples."
W/S Orchard
M/S Ralko tending the orchard
C/U Apple
W/S Ralko tending the orchard
M/S Orchard
SOT Alexander Ralko, agronomist (in Russian): "Take a look, this tree was planted two years ago. The trees start giving 25-30 tons per hectare on the second year. This is why even if you have a little land to farm in Crimea, you can have great crops using intensive technologies."
C/U Apples
SOT Alexander Ralko, agronomist (in Russian): "This apple is of good quality, it does not lose to a Polish apple in any way, and we are much better on the issue of taste and on the issue of pesticides."
C/U Pipe
W/S Field
W/S Field
SCRIP...

published: 09 Aug 2014

Farm to Fresh: Stemilt Farms Russian River Pears

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On Thursday, July 17, 2014, a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet carrying 298 people was shot down over eastern Ukraine — allegedly by pro-Russia separatists. Residents in the area described bodies falling from the sky and landing in their own backyards.
VICE News travels to the still-gruesome scene of the crash and speaks to residents who witnessed firsthand a tragedy that promises to dramatically alter the terms of the conflict.
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published: 19 Jul 2014

Better soil leads to better crops

Working with local universities and educating Russian farmers in minimum tillage in order to preserve soil and increase growers' yields

published: 23 Mar 2016

Dutch throw tomatoes in fruity protest against Russian boycott

Around2000 people gathered at the main square in Amsterdam on Sunday (September 14) to join a massive tomato fight in support of the Dutch vegetable growers who are being affected by a Russian boycott of the EU agricultural products.
The popular SpanishLa Tomatina festival in Buñol inspired a few young Dutch entrepreneurs to organize Amsterdam's version of the tomato fight, drawing attention to the situation of Dutch tomato farmers affected by Russian sanctions.
In the fight that lasted for one hour the participants used about 10,000 kilograms of tomatoes.
To avoid completely wasting the food, the remaining pulp will be used as a source for making biogas, according to one of the organisers, Joep Verbunt.
"We organise it because of the Russian boycott, our farmers they have a big prob...

published: 14 Sep 2014

The Rise of Psychedelic Truffles in Amsterdam

We took a trip to Amsterdam to learn about the ban of psychedelic mushrooms and the rise of truffles that contain psilocybin (the stuff that makes you trip balls).
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published: 08 Oct 2012

Russia's smallest town with own tram system built by German POWs

(6 May 2017) LEADIN
In the heart of the RussianUral mountain range, deep in the sub arctic forest known as the Taiga, lies the town of Volchansk.
It is an unremarkable town, but it has one claim to fame... it is the smallest town in Russia with its own tram service.
STORYLINE
Welcome to Volchansk, best known as Russia's smallest town with its own tramway.
A single-track 7.5-kilometer line connects the northern and the southern part of the town.
Costing just 30 US cents per ride, the tram carries up to 300 people on a weekday, running across town once an hour on old crooked rails.
In 1956, Volchansk was granted the township status after it expanded 6 kilometers north to compounds where coal, and before that gold mines, had been located.
The tram system, along with much of the...

published: 11 May 2017

Sustainable Aquaculture - Sturgeon Farm In Russia

Russian PresidentVladimir Putin congratulated the workers of Russia's agro-industrial sector on their professional day in Moscow on Sunday.
Vladimir Putin, President of Russia (Russian): "Dear friends! I would like to congratulate you on your professional holiday, Agriculture and Processing IndustryWorkers' Day. First of all, I would like to thank you for your constructive and intensive labour, for the rich and bountiful harvest grown by your hands and care, and for the excellent results that Russia is proud of. Today the agro-industrial complex is one of the drivers of national economic development. Our grain growers, livestock breeders and processing industry workers are proving by their actions that they can do business in a modern way, efficiently and assiduously. Relying on the be...

published: 09 Oct 2016

Turkey seeks compromise over Russian ban on its tomatoes

In a bid to resolve a trade row with Russia, Turkey has proposed Moscow lifts its ban on imported Turkish tomatoes during periods when Russian growers are unable to produce their own

Russian tulip-growers say trade is booming

(7 Mar 2017) Russian tulip-growers in Nizhny Novgorod say trade is booming and they're hoping for continued good sales.
The tulip trade in the city southeast o...

(7 Mar 2017) Russian tulip-growers in Nizhny Novgorod say trade is booming and they're hoping for continued good sales.
The tulip trade in the city southeast of Moscow has been increasing over the past years.
Local agricultural business Gorkovsky has grown 700,000 tulips in 2017, which makes up one third of the city's flower demand.
The rest of the flowers come from the Moscow region, the southern city of Krasnodar and abroad.
The company started with 100,000 tulips only six years ago but, thanks to rising demand, next year they are planning to grow one million flowers.
The tulips are usually cut in the morning before their buds open.
Then they are sorted, packed and brought to shops and markets.
One tulip costs from 50 to 200 rubles (approx. 0.9 - 3.5US dollars)
The Russian-grown tulip trade has been given a boost in recent years, thanks to tensions with the West over the annexation of Crimea and the war in Eastern Ukraine.
Dutch-imported tulips, for example, while not directly banned under the Russian counter-sanctions, have in recent years been subject to import restrictions related to concerns over health and safety and the Russian counter-sanctions against some European Union-imported foodstuffs.
In 2015, shipments of Dutch flowers were burnt by officials, who cited concerns over insect infestations allegedly found in the flowers.
Government sanctions enacted in response to those imposed by the West in the wake of the Russian annexation of Crimea reduced foreign competition in some sectors of the Russian economy, helping entrepreneurs to expand rapidly to plug the gap.
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(7 Mar 2017) Russian tulip-growers in Nizhny Novgorod say trade is booming and they're hoping for continued good sales.
The tulip trade in the city southeast of Moscow has been increasing over the past years.
Local agricultural business Gorkovsky has grown 700,000 tulips in 2017, which makes up one third of the city's flower demand.
The rest of the flowers come from the Moscow region, the southern city of Krasnodar and abroad.
The company started with 100,000 tulips only six years ago but, thanks to rising demand, next year they are planning to grow one million flowers.
The tulips are usually cut in the morning before their buds open.
Then they are sorted, packed and brought to shops and markets.
One tulip costs from 50 to 200 rubles (approx. 0.9 - 3.5US dollars)
The Russian-grown tulip trade has been given a boost in recent years, thanks to tensions with the West over the annexation of Crimea and the war in Eastern Ukraine.
Dutch-imported tulips, for example, while not directly banned under the Russian counter-sanctions, have in recent years been subject to import restrictions related to concerns over health and safety and the Russian counter-sanctions against some European Union-imported foodstuffs.
In 2015, shipments of Dutch flowers were burnt by officials, who cited concerns over insect infestations allegedly found in the flowers.
Government sanctions enacted in response to those imposed by the West in the wake of the Russian annexation of Crimea reduced foreign competition in some sectors of the Russian economy, helping entrepreneurs to expand rapidly to plug the gap.
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Video ID: 20140809-062
W/SOrchardC/UApplesSOTAlexander Ralko, agronomist (in Russian): "I think we are to secure some 80% of supplies to Russia with our Crimean apples."
W/S Orchard
M/S Ralko tending the orchard
C/U Apple
W/S Ralko tending the orchard
M/S Orchard
SOT Alexander Ralko, agronomist (in Russian): "Take a look, this tree was planted two years ago. The trees start giving 25-30 tons per hectare on the second year. This is why even if you have a little land to farm in Crimea, you can have great crops using intensive technologies."
C/U Apples
SOT Alexander Ralko, agronomist (in Russian): "This apple is of good quality, it does not lose to a Polish apple in any way, and we are much better on the issue of taste and on the issue of pesticides."
C/U Pipe
W/S Field
W/S Field
SCRIPT
Crimean apple growers were making preparations on Saturday to replace European companies barred from the Russian market due to recent trade restrictions. Import substitution will particularly affect Poland, the biggest apple producer in Europe. Fields near Bakhchisaray are hosting a number of companies growing apple trees on plots ranging from a dozen hectares to almost 300.
Farmers use drip irrigation technology, using water from nearby ponds. The two main apple varieties grown here are Simerenko and Fuji. The agronomists at the farms expect good crops, and producers hope for help from the government to hasten the transportation process and spread their apples all over Russia.
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W/SOrchardC/UApplesSOTAlexander Ralko, agronomist (in Russian): "I think we are to secure some 80% of supplies to Russia with our Crimean apples."
W/S Orchard
M/S Ralko tending the orchard
C/U Apple
W/S Ralko tending the orchard
M/S Orchard
SOT Alexander Ralko, agronomist (in Russian): "Take a look, this tree was planted two years ago. The trees start giving 25-30 tons per hectare on the second year. This is why even if you have a little land to farm in Crimea, you can have great crops using intensive technologies."
C/U Apples
SOT Alexander Ralko, agronomist (in Russian): "This apple is of good quality, it does not lose to a Polish apple in any way, and we are much better on the issue of taste and on the issue of pesticides."
C/U Pipe
W/S Field
W/S Field
SCRIPT
Crimean apple growers were making preparations on Saturday to replace European companies barred from the Russian market due to recent trade restrictions. Import substitution will particularly affect Poland, the biggest apple producer in Europe. Fields near Bakhchisaray are hosting a number of companies growing apple trees on plots ranging from a dozen hectares to almost 300.
Farmers use drip irrigation technology, using water from nearby ponds. The two main apple varieties grown here are Simerenko and Fuji. The agronomists at the farms expect good crops, and producers hope for help from the government to hasten the transportation process and spread their apples all over Russia.
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Around2000 people gathered at the main square in Amsterdam on Sunday (September 14) to join a massive tomato fight in support of the Dutch vegetable growers who are being affected by a Russian boycott of the EU agricultural products.
The popular SpanishLa Tomatina festival in Buñol inspired a few young Dutch entrepreneurs to organize Amsterdam's version of the tomato fight, drawing attention to the situation of Dutch tomato farmers affected by Russian sanctions.
In the fight that lasted for one hour the participants used about 10,000 kilograms of tomatoes.
To avoid completely wasting the food, the remaining pulp will be used as a source for making biogas, according to one of the organisers, Joep Verbunt.
"We organise it because of the Russian boycott, our farmers they have a big problem because they cannot deliver their products anymore to Russia and we try to help them to collect enough money, because everybody who is here they pay 15 euros, so the money goes to the farmers that have the problem now," Verbunt told Reuters, as he got hit by a fying tomato.
The Netherlands is one of the world's largest agricultural exporters of tomatoes, potatoes and cucumbers.
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Around2000 people gathered at the main square in Amsterdam on Sunday (September 14) to join a massive tomato fight in support of the Dutch vegetable growers who are being affected by a Russian boycott of the EU agricultural products.
The popular SpanishLa Tomatina festival in Buñol inspired a few young Dutch entrepreneurs to organize Amsterdam's version of the tomato fight, drawing attention to the situation of Dutch tomato farmers affected by Russian sanctions.
In the fight that lasted for one hour the participants used about 10,000 kilograms of tomatoes.
To avoid completely wasting the food, the remaining pulp will be used as a source for making biogas, according to one of the organisers, Joep Verbunt.
"We organise it because of the Russian boycott, our farmers they have a big problem because they cannot deliver their products anymore to Russia and we try to help them to collect enough money, because everybody who is here they pay 15 euros, so the money goes to the farmers that have the problem now," Verbunt told Reuters, as he got hit by a fying tomato.
The Netherlands is one of the world's largest agricultural exporters of tomatoes, potatoes and cucumbers.
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The Rise of Psychedelic Truffles in Amsterdam

We took a trip to Amsterdam to learn about the ban of psychedelic mushrooms and the rise of truffles that contain psilocybin (the stuff that makes you trip ball...

We took a trip to Amsterdam to learn about the ban of psychedelic mushrooms and the rise of truffles that contain psilocybin (the stuff that makes you trip balls).
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(6 May 2017) LEADIN
In the heart of the RussianUral mountain range, deep in the sub arctic forest known as the Taiga, lies the town of Volchansk.
It is an unremarkable town, but it has one claim to fame... it is the smallest town in Russia with its own tram service.
STORYLINE
Welcome to Volchansk, best known as Russia's smallest town with its own tramway.
A single-track 7.5-kilometer line connects the northern and the southern part of the town.
Costing just 30 US cents per ride, the tram carries up to 300 people on a weekday, running across town once an hour on old crooked rails.
In 1956, Volchansk was granted the township status after it expanded 6 kilometers north to compounds where coal, and before that gold mines, had been located.
The tram system, along with much of the town's infrastructure and industrial facilities, was constructed by German prisoners of war during and after World War II.
The tram system became operational in 1951 and initially ran along three routes transporting workers to industry.
One of the lines led to an opencast colliery, another, a cross-city line to the neighbouring town of Karpinsk 35 kilometers away.
The former was closed in 1994 due to theft of the rails and trolley wire while the latter was dismantled less than 10 years after the opening because it was in the way of a large working excavator.
The third, a 7.5-kilometer route, still crosses the town north to south.
Some residents still remember when the tramcars were full of people, and they had to hitch an extra car.
However the population of Volchansk has decreased steadily from 36 thousands of people in 1973 to under 10,000 today as the descendants of the WWII prisoners of war who constituted the majority in the town have moved to Germany.
Larisa Bushuyeva, the director of the tram line, adds that tram lost many of its passengers to buses and private cars.
"The thefts began (in 1990s): once a rail was detached and carried away, another time (a piece of) wire was stolen. And it (the tram) became unprofitable - people had been leaving the town. Are we to drive empty trams ? We decided one would be enough. Then buses appeared here. And accordingly all of them are faster and more convenient. People preferred another type of transport. Now we work as an antiquity."
All this makes the tram service unprofitable; every year local and regional authorities fund about $180,000 to maintain the line.
Four kilometers of the line between the two towns pass through part of the thick forest known as taiga that stretches from the Ural Mountains to the Far East.
The passengers often use the tram just to enjoy the forest view or to go there for fishing and mushroom picking.
Tram driverGalina Fyodorova says "here (in the forest) nobody gets on or gets off. Only mushroom-gatherers in summer."
Despite of perceptible shaking and loud noise inside, people love this transport mainly because it has a fixed schedule making it more reliable than local buses.
"It's faster by bus. (But) if you have an appoinment, you have to walk and wait (for bus), but by tram you reach (your destination) in time (knowing the schedule)." says passenger MargaritaFaber.
In 2009 Volchansk was recognised by the "book of records of Russia" as the "smallest town with tramway transportation".
Their plan to raise the claim to Guinness World Records was thwarted when they discovered a smaller town in Germany with a similar tram.
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(6 May 2017) LEADIN
In the heart of the RussianUral mountain range, deep in the sub arctic forest known as the Taiga, lies the town of Volchansk.
It is an unremarkable town, but it has one claim to fame... it is the smallest town in Russia with its own tram service.
STORYLINE
Welcome to Volchansk, best known as Russia's smallest town with its own tramway.
A single-track 7.5-kilometer line connects the northern and the southern part of the town.
Costing just 30 US cents per ride, the tram carries up to 300 people on a weekday, running across town once an hour on old crooked rails.
In 1956, Volchansk was granted the township status after it expanded 6 kilometers north to compounds where coal, and before that gold mines, had been located.
The tram system, along with much of the town's infrastructure and industrial facilities, was constructed by German prisoners of war during and after World War II.
The tram system became operational in 1951 and initially ran along three routes transporting workers to industry.
One of the lines led to an opencast colliery, another, a cross-city line to the neighbouring town of Karpinsk 35 kilometers away.
The former was closed in 1994 due to theft of the rails and trolley wire while the latter was dismantled less than 10 years after the opening because it was in the way of a large working excavator.
The third, a 7.5-kilometer route, still crosses the town north to south.
Some residents still remember when the tramcars were full of people, and they had to hitch an extra car.
However the population of Volchansk has decreased steadily from 36 thousands of people in 1973 to under 10,000 today as the descendants of the WWII prisoners of war who constituted the majority in the town have moved to Germany.
Larisa Bushuyeva, the director of the tram line, adds that tram lost many of its passengers to buses and private cars.
"The thefts began (in 1990s): once a rail was detached and carried away, another time (a piece of) wire was stolen. And it (the tram) became unprofitable - people had been leaving the town. Are we to drive empty trams ? We decided one would be enough. Then buses appeared here. And accordingly all of them are faster and more convenient. People preferred another type of transport. Now we work as an antiquity."
All this makes the tram service unprofitable; every year local and regional authorities fund about $180,000 to maintain the line.
Four kilometers of the line between the two towns pass through part of the thick forest known as taiga that stretches from the Ural Mountains to the Far East.
The passengers often use the tram just to enjoy the forest view or to go there for fishing and mushroom picking.
Tram driverGalina Fyodorova says "here (in the forest) nobody gets on or gets off. Only mushroom-gatherers in summer."
Despite of perceptible shaking and loud noise inside, people love this transport mainly because it has a fixed schedule making it more reliable than local buses.
"It's faster by bus. (But) if you have an appoinment, you have to walk and wait (for bus), but by tram you reach (your destination) in time (knowing the schedule)." says passenger MargaritaFaber.
In 2009 Volchansk was recognised by the "book of records of Russia" as the "smallest town with tramway transportation".
Their plan to raise the claim to Guinness World Records was thwarted when they discovered a smaller town in Germany with a similar tram.
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Russian PresidentVladimir Putin congratulated the workers of Russia's agro-industrial sector on their professional day in Moscow on Sunday.
Vladimir Putin, President of Russia (Russian): "Dear friends! I would like to congratulate you on your professional holiday, Agriculture and Processing IndustryWorkers' Day. First of all, I would like to thank you for your constructive and intensive labour, for the rich and bountiful harvest grown by your hands and care, and for the excellent results that Russia is proud of. Today the agro-industrial complex is one of the drivers of national economic development. Our grain growers, livestock breeders and processing industry workers are proving by their actions that they can do business in a modern way, efficiently and assiduously. Relying on the best centuries-old traditions of the Russian peasantry, they are capable of setting records. This year we are expecting the biggest grain harvest in the history of modern Russia – about 115 million tonnes. Our country is in the lead in grain exports. I would like to note the good growth dynamics in other key sectors of the agro-industrial complex. In a word, Russia's agriculture is on the rise. The state will continue rendering its large-scale assistance and will support those who want to work the land and achieve success. Certainly, we will pay special attention to improving people's living standards, developing agricultural land and building modern social infrastructure facilities there. I am confident that our producers can fully supply the domestic market with quality food products: we have the potential to turn Russia into one of the world's largest food producers. This is an ambitious but – let me emphasise this again – quite realistic task. The main thing is to consistently work towards the set goal. I would like to thank again all the workers of the agro-industrial complex for your labour and dedication, for your contribution to Russia's development and consolidation. I sincerely wish you and your families good health, happiness, prosperity and, of course, new achievements. Happy professional holiday!"
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Russian PresidentVladimir Putin congratulated the workers of Russia's agro-industrial sector on their professional day in Moscow on Sunday.
Vladimir Putin, President of Russia (Russian): "Dear friends! I would like to congratulate you on your professional holiday, Agriculture and Processing IndustryWorkers' Day. First of all, I would like to thank you for your constructive and intensive labour, for the rich and bountiful harvest grown by your hands and care, and for the excellent results that Russia is proud of. Today the agro-industrial complex is one of the drivers of national economic development. Our grain growers, livestock breeders and processing industry workers are proving by their actions that they can do business in a modern way, efficiently and assiduously. Relying on the best centuries-old traditions of the Russian peasantry, they are capable of setting records. This year we are expecting the biggest grain harvest in the history of modern Russia – about 115 million tonnes. Our country is in the lead in grain exports. I would like to note the good growth dynamics in other key sectors of the agro-industrial complex. In a word, Russia's agriculture is on the rise. The state will continue rendering its large-scale assistance and will support those who want to work the land and achieve success. Certainly, we will pay special attention to improving people's living standards, developing agricultural land and building modern social infrastructure facilities there. I am confident that our producers can fully supply the domestic market with quality food products: we have the potential to turn Russia into one of the world's largest food producers. This is an ambitious but – let me emphasise this again – quite realistic task. The main thing is to consistently work towards the set goal. I would like to thank again all the workers of the agro-industrial complex for your labour and dedication, for your contribution to Russia's development and consolidation. I sincerely wish you and your families good health, happiness, prosperity and, of course, new achievements. Happy professional holiday!"
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Russian tulip-growers say trade is booming

(7 Mar 2017) Russian tulip-growers in Nizhny Novgorod say trade is booming and they're hoping for continued good sales.
The tulip trade in the city southeast of Moscow has been increasing over the past years.
Local agricultural business Gorkovsky has grown 700,000 tulips in 2017, which makes up one third of the city's flower demand.
The rest of the flowers come from the Moscow region, the southern city of Krasnodar and abroad.
The company started with 100,000 tulips only six years ago but, thanks to rising demand, next year they are planning to grow one million flowers.
The tulips are usually cut in the morning before their buds open.
Then they are sorted, packed and brought to shops and markets.
One tulip costs from 50 to 200 rubles (approx. 0.9 - 3.5US dollars)
The Russian-g...

published: 13 Mar 2017

Russia: Sanctions provide Crimean farmers with window of opportunity

Video ID: 20140809-062
W/SOrchardC/UApplesSOTAlexander Ralko, agronomist (in Russian): "I think we are to secure some 80% of supplies to Russia with our Crimean apples."
W/S Orchard
M/S Ralko tending the orchard
C/U Apple
W/S Ralko tending the orchard
M/S Orchard
SOT Alexander Ralko, agronomist (in Russian): "Take a look, this tree was planted two years ago. The trees start giving 25-30 tons per hectare on the second year. This is why even if you have a little land to farm in Crimea, you can have great crops using intensive technologies."
C/U Apples
SOT Alexander Ralko, agronomist (in Russian): "This apple is of good quality, it does not lose to a Polish apple in any way, and we are much better on the issue of taste and on the issue of pesticides."
C/U Pipe
W/S Field
W/S Field
SCRIP...

published: 09 Aug 2014

Farm to Fresh: Stemilt Farms Russian River Pears

Learn about Stemilt Farms, a provider of AmazonFresh product, and their very special pears.

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On Thursday, July 17, 2014, a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet carrying 298 people was shot down over eastern Ukraine — allegedly by pro-Russia separatists. Residents in the area described bodies falling from the sky and landing in their own backyards.
VICE News travels to the still-gruesome scene of the crash and speaks to residents who witnessed firsthand a tragedy that promises to dramatically alter the terms of the conflict.
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published: 19 Jul 2014

Better soil leads to better crops

Working with local universities and educating Russian farmers in minimum tillage in order to preserve soil and increase growers' yields

published: 23 Mar 2016

Dutch throw tomatoes in fruity protest against Russian boycott

Around2000 people gathered at the main square in Amsterdam on Sunday (September 14) to join a massive tomato fight in support of the Dutch vegetable growers who are being affected by a Russian boycott of the EU agricultural products.
The popular SpanishLa Tomatina festival in Buñol inspired a few young Dutch entrepreneurs to organize Amsterdam's version of the tomato fight, drawing attention to the situation of Dutch tomato farmers affected by Russian sanctions.
In the fight that lasted for one hour the participants used about 10,000 kilograms of tomatoes.
To avoid completely wasting the food, the remaining pulp will be used as a source for making biogas, according to one of the organisers, Joep Verbunt.
"We organise it because of the Russian boycott, our farmers they have a big prob...

published: 14 Sep 2014

The Rise of Psychedelic Truffles in Amsterdam

We took a trip to Amsterdam to learn about the ban of psychedelic mushrooms and the rise of truffles that contain psilocybin (the stuff that makes you trip balls).
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published: 08 Oct 2012

Russia's smallest town with own tram system built by German POWs

(6 May 2017) LEADIN
In the heart of the RussianUral mountain range, deep in the sub arctic forest known as the Taiga, lies the town of Volchansk.
It is an unremarkable town, but it has one claim to fame... it is the smallest town in Russia with its own tram service.
STORYLINE
Welcome to Volchansk, best known as Russia's smallest town with its own tramway.
A single-track 7.5-kilometer line connects the northern and the southern part of the town.
Costing just 30 US cents per ride, the tram carries up to 300 people on a weekday, running across town once an hour on old crooked rails.
In 1956, Volchansk was granted the township status after it expanded 6 kilometers north to compounds where coal, and before that gold mines, had been located.
The tram system, along with much of the...

published: 11 May 2017

Sustainable Aquaculture - Sturgeon Farm In Russia

Russian PresidentVladimir Putin congratulated the workers of Russia's agro-industrial sector on their professional day in Moscow on Sunday.
Vladimir Putin, President of Russia (Russian): "Dear friends! I would like to congratulate you on your professional holiday, Agriculture and Processing IndustryWorkers' Day. First of all, I would like to thank you for your constructive and intensive labour, for the rich and bountiful harvest grown by your hands and care, and for the excellent results that Russia is proud of. Today the agro-industrial complex is one of the drivers of national economic development. Our grain growers, livestock breeders and processing industry workers are proving by their actions that they can do business in a modern way, efficiently and assiduously. Relying on the be...

Russian tulip-growers say trade is booming

(7 Mar 2017) Russian tulip-growers in Nizhny Novgorod say trade is booming and they're hoping for continued good sales.
The tulip trade in the city southeast o...

(7 Mar 2017) Russian tulip-growers in Nizhny Novgorod say trade is booming and they're hoping for continued good sales.
The tulip trade in the city southeast of Moscow has been increasing over the past years.
Local agricultural business Gorkovsky has grown 700,000 tulips in 2017, which makes up one third of the city's flower demand.
The rest of the flowers come from the Moscow region, the southern city of Krasnodar and abroad.
The company started with 100,000 tulips only six years ago but, thanks to rising demand, next year they are planning to grow one million flowers.
The tulips are usually cut in the morning before their buds open.
Then they are sorted, packed and brought to shops and markets.
One tulip costs from 50 to 200 rubles (approx. 0.9 - 3.5US dollars)
The Russian-grown tulip trade has been given a boost in recent years, thanks to tensions with the West over the annexation of Crimea and the war in Eastern Ukraine.
Dutch-imported tulips, for example, while not directly banned under the Russian counter-sanctions, have in recent years been subject to import restrictions related to concerns over health and safety and the Russian counter-sanctions against some European Union-imported foodstuffs.
In 2015, shipments of Dutch flowers were burnt by officials, who cited concerns over insect infestations allegedly found in the flowers.
Government sanctions enacted in response to those imposed by the West in the wake of the Russian annexation of Crimea reduced foreign competition in some sectors of the Russian economy, helping entrepreneurs to expand rapidly to plug the gap.
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(7 Mar 2017) Russian tulip-growers in Nizhny Novgorod say trade is booming and they're hoping for continued good sales.
The tulip trade in the city southeast of Moscow has been increasing over the past years.
Local agricultural business Gorkovsky has grown 700,000 tulips in 2017, which makes up one third of the city's flower demand.
The rest of the flowers come from the Moscow region, the southern city of Krasnodar and abroad.
The company started with 100,000 tulips only six years ago but, thanks to rising demand, next year they are planning to grow one million flowers.
The tulips are usually cut in the morning before their buds open.
Then they are sorted, packed and brought to shops and markets.
One tulip costs from 50 to 200 rubles (approx. 0.9 - 3.5US dollars)
The Russian-grown tulip trade has been given a boost in recent years, thanks to tensions with the West over the annexation of Crimea and the war in Eastern Ukraine.
Dutch-imported tulips, for example, while not directly banned under the Russian counter-sanctions, have in recent years been subject to import restrictions related to concerns over health and safety and the Russian counter-sanctions against some European Union-imported foodstuffs.
In 2015, shipments of Dutch flowers were burnt by officials, who cited concerns over insect infestations allegedly found in the flowers.
Government sanctions enacted in response to those imposed by the West in the wake of the Russian annexation of Crimea reduced foreign competition in some sectors of the Russian economy, helping entrepreneurs to expand rapidly to plug the gap.
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Video ID: 20140809-062
W/SOrchardC/UApplesSOTAlexander Ralko, agronomist (in Russian): "I think we are to secure some 80% of supplies to Russia with our Crimean apples."
W/S Orchard
M/S Ralko tending the orchard
C/U Apple
W/S Ralko tending the orchard
M/S Orchard
SOT Alexander Ralko, agronomist (in Russian): "Take a look, this tree was planted two years ago. The trees start giving 25-30 tons per hectare on the second year. This is why even if you have a little land to farm in Crimea, you can have great crops using intensive technologies."
C/U Apples
SOT Alexander Ralko, agronomist (in Russian): "This apple is of good quality, it does not lose to a Polish apple in any way, and we are much better on the issue of taste and on the issue of pesticides."
C/U Pipe
W/S Field
W/S Field
SCRIPT
Crimean apple growers were making preparations on Saturday to replace European companies barred from the Russian market due to recent trade restrictions. Import substitution will particularly affect Poland, the biggest apple producer in Europe. Fields near Bakhchisaray are hosting a number of companies growing apple trees on plots ranging from a dozen hectares to almost 300.
Farmers use drip irrigation technology, using water from nearby ponds. The two main apple varieties grown here are Simerenko and Fuji. The agronomists at the farms expect good crops, and producers hope for help from the government to hasten the transportation process and spread their apples all over Russia.
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Video ID: 20140809-062
W/SOrchardC/UApplesSOTAlexander Ralko, agronomist (in Russian): "I think we are to secure some 80% of supplies to Russia with our Crimean apples."
W/S Orchard
M/S Ralko tending the orchard
C/U Apple
W/S Ralko tending the orchard
M/S Orchard
SOT Alexander Ralko, agronomist (in Russian): "Take a look, this tree was planted two years ago. The trees start giving 25-30 tons per hectare on the second year. This is why even if you have a little land to farm in Crimea, you can have great crops using intensive technologies."
C/U Apples
SOT Alexander Ralko, agronomist (in Russian): "This apple is of good quality, it does not lose to a Polish apple in any way, and we are much better on the issue of taste and on the issue of pesticides."
C/U Pipe
W/S Field
W/S Field
SCRIPT
Crimean apple growers were making preparations on Saturday to replace European companies barred from the Russian market due to recent trade restrictions. Import substitution will particularly affect Poland, the biggest apple producer in Europe. Fields near Bakhchisaray are hosting a number of companies growing apple trees on plots ranging from a dozen hectares to almost 300.
Farmers use drip irrigation technology, using water from nearby ponds. The two main apple varieties grown here are Simerenko and Fuji. The agronomists at the farms expect good crops, and producers hope for help from the government to hasten the transportation process and spread their apples all over Russia.
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VICE News travels to the still-gruesome scene of the crash and speaks to residents who witnessed firsthand a tragedy that promises to dramatically alter the terms of the conflict.
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On Thursday, July 17, 2014, a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet carrying 298 people was shot down over eastern Ukraine — allegedly by pro-Russia separatists. Residents in the area described bodies falling from the sky and landing in their own backyards.
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Around2000 people gathered at the main square in Amsterdam on Sunday (September 14) to join a massive tomato fight in support of the Dutch vegetable growers who are being affected by a Russian boycott of the EU agricultural products.
The popular SpanishLa Tomatina festival in Buñol inspired a few young Dutch entrepreneurs to organize Amsterdam's version of the tomato fight, drawing attention to the situation of Dutch tomato farmers affected by Russian sanctions.
In the fight that lasted for one hour the participants used about 10,000 kilograms of tomatoes.
To avoid completely wasting the food, the remaining pulp will be used as a source for making biogas, according to one of the organisers, Joep Verbunt.
"We organise it because of the Russian boycott, our farmers they have a big problem because they cannot deliver their products anymore to Russia and we try to help them to collect enough money, because everybody who is here they pay 15 euros, so the money goes to the farmers that have the problem now," Verbunt told Reuters, as he got hit by a fying tomato.
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Around2000 people gathered at the main square in Amsterdam on Sunday (September 14) to join a massive tomato fight in support of the Dutch vegetable growers who are being affected by a Russian boycott of the EU agricultural products.
The popular SpanishLa Tomatina festival in Buñol inspired a few young Dutch entrepreneurs to organize Amsterdam's version of the tomato fight, drawing attention to the situation of Dutch tomato farmers affected by Russian sanctions.
In the fight that lasted for one hour the participants used about 10,000 kilograms of tomatoes.
To avoid completely wasting the food, the remaining pulp will be used as a source for making biogas, according to one of the organisers, Joep Verbunt.
"We organise it because of the Russian boycott, our farmers they have a big problem because they cannot deliver their products anymore to Russia and we try to help them to collect enough money, because everybody who is here they pay 15 euros, so the money goes to the farmers that have the problem now," Verbunt told Reuters, as he got hit by a fying tomato.
The Netherlands is one of the world's largest agricultural exporters of tomatoes, potatoes and cucumbers.
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The Rise of Psychedelic Truffles in Amsterdam

We took a trip to Amsterdam to learn about the ban of psychedelic mushrooms and the rise of truffles that contain psilocybin (the stuff that makes you trip ball...

We took a trip to Amsterdam to learn about the ban of psychedelic mushrooms and the rise of truffles that contain psilocybin (the stuff that makes you trip balls).
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(6 May 2017) LEADIN
In the heart of the RussianUral mountain range, deep in the sub arctic forest known as the Taiga, lies the town of Volchansk.
It is an unremarkable town, but it has one claim to fame... it is the smallest town in Russia with its own tram service.
STORYLINE
Welcome to Volchansk, best known as Russia's smallest town with its own tramway.
A single-track 7.5-kilometer line connects the northern and the southern part of the town.
Costing just 30 US cents per ride, the tram carries up to 300 people on a weekday, running across town once an hour on old crooked rails.
In 1956, Volchansk was granted the township status after it expanded 6 kilometers north to compounds where coal, and before that gold mines, had been located.
The tram system, along with much of the town's infrastructure and industrial facilities, was constructed by German prisoners of war during and after World War II.
The tram system became operational in 1951 and initially ran along three routes transporting workers to industry.
One of the lines led to an opencast colliery, another, a cross-city line to the neighbouring town of Karpinsk 35 kilometers away.
The former was closed in 1994 due to theft of the rails and trolley wire while the latter was dismantled less than 10 years after the opening because it was in the way of a large working excavator.
The third, a 7.5-kilometer route, still crosses the town north to south.
Some residents still remember when the tramcars were full of people, and they had to hitch an extra car.
However the population of Volchansk has decreased steadily from 36 thousands of people in 1973 to under 10,000 today as the descendants of the WWII prisoners of war who constituted the majority in the town have moved to Germany.
Larisa Bushuyeva, the director of the tram line, adds that tram lost many of its passengers to buses and private cars.
"The thefts began (in 1990s): once a rail was detached and carried away, another time (a piece of) wire was stolen. And it (the tram) became unprofitable - people had been leaving the town. Are we to drive empty trams ? We decided one would be enough. Then buses appeared here. And accordingly all of them are faster and more convenient. People preferred another type of transport. Now we work as an antiquity."
All this makes the tram service unprofitable; every year local and regional authorities fund about $180,000 to maintain the line.
Four kilometers of the line between the two towns pass through part of the thick forest known as taiga that stretches from the Ural Mountains to the Far East.
The passengers often use the tram just to enjoy the forest view or to go there for fishing and mushroom picking.
Tram driverGalina Fyodorova says "here (in the forest) nobody gets on or gets off. Only mushroom-gatherers in summer."
Despite of perceptible shaking and loud noise inside, people love this transport mainly because it has a fixed schedule making it more reliable than local buses.
"It's faster by bus. (But) if you have an appoinment, you have to walk and wait (for bus), but by tram you reach (your destination) in time (knowing the schedule)." says passenger MargaritaFaber.
In 2009 Volchansk was recognised by the "book of records of Russia" as the "smallest town with tramway transportation".
Their plan to raise the claim to Guinness World Records was thwarted when they discovered a smaller town in Germany with a similar tram.
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(6 May 2017) LEADIN
In the heart of the RussianUral mountain range, deep in the sub arctic forest known as the Taiga, lies the town of Volchansk.
It is an unremarkable town, but it has one claim to fame... it is the smallest town in Russia with its own tram service.
STORYLINE
Welcome to Volchansk, best known as Russia's smallest town with its own tramway.
A single-track 7.5-kilometer line connects the northern and the southern part of the town.
Costing just 30 US cents per ride, the tram carries up to 300 people on a weekday, running across town once an hour on old crooked rails.
In 1956, Volchansk was granted the township status after it expanded 6 kilometers north to compounds where coal, and before that gold mines, had been located.
The tram system, along with much of the town's infrastructure and industrial facilities, was constructed by German prisoners of war during and after World War II.
The tram system became operational in 1951 and initially ran along three routes transporting workers to industry.
One of the lines led to an opencast colliery, another, a cross-city line to the neighbouring town of Karpinsk 35 kilometers away.
The former was closed in 1994 due to theft of the rails and trolley wire while the latter was dismantled less than 10 years after the opening because it was in the way of a large working excavator.
The third, a 7.5-kilometer route, still crosses the town north to south.
Some residents still remember when the tramcars were full of people, and they had to hitch an extra car.
However the population of Volchansk has decreased steadily from 36 thousands of people in 1973 to under 10,000 today as the descendants of the WWII prisoners of war who constituted the majority in the town have moved to Germany.
Larisa Bushuyeva, the director of the tram line, adds that tram lost many of its passengers to buses and private cars.
"The thefts began (in 1990s): once a rail was detached and carried away, another time (a piece of) wire was stolen. And it (the tram) became unprofitable - people had been leaving the town. Are we to drive empty trams ? We decided one would be enough. Then buses appeared here. And accordingly all of them are faster and more convenient. People preferred another type of transport. Now we work as an antiquity."
All this makes the tram service unprofitable; every year local and regional authorities fund about $180,000 to maintain the line.
Four kilometers of the line between the two towns pass through part of the thick forest known as taiga that stretches from the Ural Mountains to the Far East.
The passengers often use the tram just to enjoy the forest view or to go there for fishing and mushroom picking.
Tram driverGalina Fyodorova says "here (in the forest) nobody gets on or gets off. Only mushroom-gatherers in summer."
Despite of perceptible shaking and loud noise inside, people love this transport mainly because it has a fixed schedule making it more reliable than local buses.
"It's faster by bus. (But) if you have an appoinment, you have to walk and wait (for bus), but by tram you reach (your destination) in time (knowing the schedule)." says passenger MargaritaFaber.
In 2009 Volchansk was recognised by the "book of records of Russia" as the "smallest town with tramway transportation".
Their plan to raise the claim to Guinness World Records was thwarted when they discovered a smaller town in Germany with a similar tram.
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Russian PresidentVladimir Putin congratulated the workers of Russia's agro-industrial sector on their professional day in Moscow on Sunday.
Vladimir Putin, President of Russia (Russian): "Dear friends! I would like to congratulate you on your professional holiday, Agriculture and Processing IndustryWorkers' Day. First of all, I would like to thank you for your constructive and intensive labour, for the rich and bountiful harvest grown by your hands and care, and for the excellent results that Russia is proud of. Today the agro-industrial complex is one of the drivers of national economic development. Our grain growers, livestock breeders and processing industry workers are proving by their actions that they can do business in a modern way, efficiently and assiduously. Relying on the best centuries-old traditions of the Russian peasantry, they are capable of setting records. This year we are expecting the biggest grain harvest in the history of modern Russia – about 115 million tonnes. Our country is in the lead in grain exports. I would like to note the good growth dynamics in other key sectors of the agro-industrial complex. In a word, Russia's agriculture is on the rise. The state will continue rendering its large-scale assistance and will support those who want to work the land and achieve success. Certainly, we will pay special attention to improving people's living standards, developing agricultural land and building modern social infrastructure facilities there. I am confident that our producers can fully supply the domestic market with quality food products: we have the potential to turn Russia into one of the world's largest food producers. This is an ambitious but – let me emphasise this again – quite realistic task. The main thing is to consistently work towards the set goal. I would like to thank again all the workers of the agro-industrial complex for your labour and dedication, for your contribution to Russia's development and consolidation. I sincerely wish you and your families good health, happiness, prosperity and, of course, new achievements. Happy professional holiday!"
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Russian PresidentVladimir Putin congratulated the workers of Russia's agro-industrial sector on their professional day in Moscow on Sunday.
Vladimir Putin, President of Russia (Russian): "Dear friends! I would like to congratulate you on your professional holiday, Agriculture and Processing IndustryWorkers' Day. First of all, I would like to thank you for your constructive and intensive labour, for the rich and bountiful harvest grown by your hands and care, and for the excellent results that Russia is proud of. Today the agro-industrial complex is one of the drivers of national economic development. Our grain growers, livestock breeders and processing industry workers are proving by their actions that they can do business in a modern way, efficiently and assiduously. Relying on the best centuries-old traditions of the Russian peasantry, they are capable of setting records. This year we are expecting the biggest grain harvest in the history of modern Russia – about 115 million tonnes. Our country is in the lead in grain exports. I would like to note the good growth dynamics in other key sectors of the agro-industrial complex. In a word, Russia's agriculture is on the rise. The state will continue rendering its large-scale assistance and will support those who want to work the land and achieve success. Certainly, we will pay special attention to improving people's living standards, developing agricultural land and building modern social infrastructure facilities there. I am confident that our producers can fully supply the domestic market with quality food products: we have the potential to turn Russia into one of the world's largest food producers. This is an ambitious but – let me emphasise this again – quite realistic task. The main thing is to consistently work towards the set goal. I would like to thank again all the workers of the agro-industrial complex for your labour and dedication, for your contribution to Russia's development and consolidation. I sincerely wish you and your families good health, happiness, prosperity and, of course, new achievements. Happy professional holiday!"
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Recognising Russian wheat aphid

This webinar is about recognising Russian wheat aphid in crops. What symptoms you need to look for and how to report if you suspect that you have found it in crops in Western Australia. Acknowledgements: DAFWA, GRDC and COGGO

published: 12 Jun 2016

Afghan Overdose. Inside opium trade

Afghanistan is the world’s biggest exporter of black-market opium from which heroin is made. It’s a multi-billion dollar business, responsible for around a hundred thousand deaths every year and it’s a major source of income for terrorists. RT Doc travelled to the poppy fields where death is harvested to find out why no one can put a stop to this deadly trade.
When it comes to heroin, a non-intervention policy is still going strong in Afghanistan where over 90% of the world’s black market opium is produced. Most finds its way onto the international drug market and the profits fund organized crime and terrorist groups like ISIS, which is growing in strength here.
The dealers and manufacturers aren’t hard to find: they live in luxurious houses, have fields blooming with poppies and sell th...

published: 19 Oct 2015

Kings of Cannabis (Full Length Documentary)

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You might not know who Arjan Roskam is, but you've probably smoked his weed. Arjan's been breeding some of the most famous marijuana strains in the world—like White Widow, Super SilverHaze, and many others—for over 20 years.
In 1992 he opened his first coffee shop in Amsterdam and has since crafted his marijuana-breeding skills into a market-savvy empire known as Green HouseSeedCompany, which rakes in millions of dollars a year.
He's won 38 CannabisCups and has dubbed himself the King of Cannabis.
VICE joins Arjan and his crew of strain hunters in Colombia to look for three of the country's rares...

published: 08 Aug 2013

The Rise of Psychedelic Truffles in Amsterdam

We took a trip to Amsterdam to learn about the ban of psychedelic mushrooms and the rise of truffles that contain psilocybin (the stuff that makes you trip balls).
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published: 08 Oct 2012

The Dark Grey Market: Canadian Cannabis

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Cannabis in Canada is still widely illegal. With a new government entering parliament in 2016, the odds of legalization, further criminalization or decriminalization of marijuana coming to fruition are still to be determined. But despite that, black market growers and grey market marijuana dispensaries are more prevalent than ever. And the sometimes dangerous, and legally dubious process of manufacturing weed oils and other concentrates is rising with growers investing tens of thousands of dollars to make sheets of potent pot wax.
With the legal fate of weed still in the balance, VICE host Damian Abraham went to BC, the Wild West of Canadian chronic, visited grows operating illegally or semi-legall...

Doctor's Choice answering questions from Dzagi (Russian Subtitles)

Sasha the JointDoctor himself is representing the new seedbank Doctor's Choice and answering questions from Dzagi people (Dzagi.club). Cheer up!
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Саша Джоинт Доктор собственной персоной отвечает на вопросы посетителей Dzagi! Специально для Dzagi!
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From early on, the Joint Doctor led a unique quest:
to develop the fastest, most compact plants.
His revolutionary strain Lowryder launched the age of Autoflowers.
Through the new seedbank Doctor's Choice, the Joint Doctor offers premium seeds selected for high yields, stability and superior taste.
The Doctor's Choice produces and sells one of the best seeds on the market. Its founder and the main breeder Sasha Joint Doc...

Recognising Russian wheat aphid

This webinar is about recognising Russian wheat aphid in crops. What symptoms you need to look for and how to report if you suspect that you have found it in cr...

This webinar is about recognising Russian wheat aphid in crops. What symptoms you need to look for and how to report if you suspect that you have found it in crops in Western Australia. Acknowledgements: DAFWA, GRDC and COGGO

This webinar is about recognising Russian wheat aphid in crops. What symptoms you need to look for and how to report if you suspect that you have found it in crops in Western Australia. Acknowledgements: DAFWA, GRDC and COGGO

Afghan Overdose. Inside opium trade

Afghanistan is the world’s biggest exporter of black-market opium from which heroin is made. It’s a multi-billion dollar business, responsible for around a hund...

Afghanistan is the world’s biggest exporter of black-market opium from which heroin is made. It’s a multi-billion dollar business, responsible for around a hundred thousand deaths every year and it’s a major source of income for terrorists. RT Doc travelled to the poppy fields where death is harvested to find out why no one can put a stop to this deadly trade.
When it comes to heroin, a non-intervention policy is still going strong in Afghanistan where over 90% of the world’s black market opium is produced. Most finds its way onto the international drug market and the profits fund organized crime and terrorist groups like ISIS, which is growing in strength here.
The dealers and manufacturers aren’t hard to find: they live in luxurious houses, have fields blooming with poppies and sell their narcotic wares in broad daylight. Even so, they still manage to evade arrest. Poppy fields are destroyed and drugs seized but it’s only ever the middle men who are punished, not the drug lords. There’s been a NATO military presence in the country for 14 years now but still, drugs production continues to grow.
Local people suffer from the drug business too, around 18% of the capital’s population are drug addicts. The places where drugs are sold and used are well known but the police are powerless to act. Mafia wars drive civilians from their land in the southern regions, forcing them into refugee camps in their own country. Opium growers get rich by plunging fellow citizens into the depths of misery.
RT Doc’s investigative team visited Afghanistan to document the Police’s losing battle against opium producers and its effect on the rest of the country. They talk to police officers, drug users and opium growers in search of a fuller picture and to ask why this massive and life-destroying industry continues to flourish.
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Afghanistan is the world’s biggest exporter of black-market opium from which heroin is made. It’s a multi-billion dollar business, responsible for around a hundred thousand deaths every year and it’s a major source of income for terrorists. RT Doc travelled to the poppy fields where death is harvested to find out why no one can put a stop to this deadly trade.
When it comes to heroin, a non-intervention policy is still going strong in Afghanistan where over 90% of the world’s black market opium is produced. Most finds its way onto the international drug market and the profits fund organized crime and terrorist groups like ISIS, which is growing in strength here.
The dealers and manufacturers aren’t hard to find: they live in luxurious houses, have fields blooming with poppies and sell their narcotic wares in broad daylight. Even so, they still manage to evade arrest. Poppy fields are destroyed and drugs seized but it’s only ever the middle men who are punished, not the drug lords. There’s been a NATO military presence in the country for 14 years now but still, drugs production continues to grow.
Local people suffer from the drug business too, around 18% of the capital’s population are drug addicts. The places where drugs are sold and used are well known but the police are powerless to act. Mafia wars drive civilians from their land in the southern regions, forcing them into refugee camps in their own country. Opium growers get rich by plunging fellow citizens into the depths of misery.
RT Doc’s investigative team visited Afghanistan to document the Police’s losing battle against opium producers and its effect on the rest of the country. They talk to police officers, drug users and opium growers in search of a fuller picture and to ask why this massive and life-destroying industry continues to flourish.
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Kings of Cannabis (Full Length Documentary)

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You might not know who Arjan Roskam is, but you've probably smoked his weed. Arjan's been breeding some of the most famous marijuana strains in the world—like White Widow, Super SilverHaze, and many others—for over 20 years.
In 1992 he opened his first coffee shop in Amsterdam and has since crafted his marijuana-breeding skills into a market-savvy empire known as Green HouseSeedCompany, which rakes in millions of dollars a year.
He's won 38 CannabisCups and has dubbed himself the King of Cannabis.
VICE joins Arjan and his crew of strain hunters in Colombia to look for three of the country's rarest types of weed, strains that have remained genetically pure for decades. In grower's terms, these are called landraces. We trudge up mountains and crisscross military checkpoints in the country's still-violent south, and then head north to the breathtaking Caribbean coast. As the dominoes of criminalization fall throughout the world, Arjan is positioned to be at the forefront of the legitimate international seed trade.
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You might not know who Arjan Roskam is, but you've probably smoked his weed. Arjan's been breeding some of the most famous marijuana strains in the world—like White Widow, Super SilverHaze, and many others—for over 20 years.
In 1992 he opened his first coffee shop in Amsterdam and has since crafted his marijuana-breeding skills into a market-savvy empire known as Green HouseSeedCompany, which rakes in millions of dollars a year.
He's won 38 CannabisCups and has dubbed himself the King of Cannabis.
VICE joins Arjan and his crew of strain hunters in Colombia to look for three of the country's rarest types of weed, strains that have remained genetically pure for decades. In grower's terms, these are called landraces. We trudge up mountains and crisscross military checkpoints in the country's still-violent south, and then head north to the breathtaking Caribbean coast. As the dominoes of criminalization fall throughout the world, Arjan is positioned to be at the forefront of the legitimate international seed trade.
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The Rise of Psychedelic Truffles in Amsterdam

We took a trip to Amsterdam to learn about the ban of psychedelic mushrooms and the rise of truffles that contain psilocybin (the stuff that makes you trip ball...

We took a trip to Amsterdam to learn about the ban of psychedelic mushrooms and the rise of truffles that contain psilocybin (the stuff that makes you trip balls).
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Cannabis in Canada is still widely illegal. With a new government entering parliament in 2016, the odds of legalization, further criminalization or decriminalization of marijuana coming to fruition are still to be determined. But despite that, black market growers and grey market marijuana dispensaries are more prevalent than ever. And the sometimes dangerous, and legally dubious process of manufacturing weed oils and other concentrates is rising with growers investing tens of thousands of dollars to make sheets of potent pot wax.
With the legal fate of weed still in the balance, VICE host Damian Abraham went to BC, the Wild West of Canadian chronic, visited grows operating illegally or semi-legally, met concentrate manufacturers making large quantities of oil in spite of the law, and checked in on the exploding dispensary scene that the federal Conservative government is trying to shut down.
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Doctor's Choice answering questions from Dzagi (Russian Subtitles)

Sasha the JointDoctor himself is representing the new seedbank Doctor's Choice and answering questions from Dzagi people (Dzagi.club). Cheer up!
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Sasha the JointDoctor himself is representing the new seedbank Doctor's Choice and answering questions from Dzagi people (Dzagi.club). Cheer up!
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Саша Джоинт Доктор собственной персоной отвечает на вопросы посетителей Dzagi! Специально для Dzagi!
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From early on, the Joint Doctor led a unique quest:
to develop the fastest, most compact plants.
His revolutionary strain Lowryder launched the age of Autoflowers.
Through the new seedbank Doctor's Choice, the Joint Doctor offers premium seeds selected for high yields, stability and superior taste.
The Doctor's Choice produces and sells one of the best seeds on the market. Its founder and the main breeder Sasha Joint Doctor is the father of autoflowering hemp with a high content of THC. He is the father of the New Era of Growing.
The mission of the Doctor's Choice is to give the opportunity to all growers to BE A BREEDER!
Anyone of you guys can use our authentic regular Lowryder, which has started the New Era of Growing, to create your own autoflower strain! Don’t worry, we will help you!
You definitely should try our strains, which have developed based on our experience, knowledge, skills and capabilities! Compare different strains with each other!
See you soon!
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Sasha the JointDoctor himself is representing the new seedbank Doctor's Choice and answering questions from Dzagi people (Dzagi.club). Cheer up!
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Саша Джоинт Доктор собственной персоной отвечает на вопросы посетителей Dzagi! Специально для Dzagi!
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From early on, the Joint Doctor led a unique quest:
to develop the fastest, most compact plants.
His revolutionary strain Lowryder launched the age of Autoflowers.
Through the new seedbank Doctor's Choice, the Joint Doctor offers premium seeds selected for high yields, stability and superior taste.
The Doctor's Choice produces and sells one of the best seeds on the market. Its founder and the main breeder Sasha Joint Doctor is the father of autoflowering hemp with a high content of THC. He is the father of the New Era of Growing.
The mission of the Doctor's Choice is to give the opportunity to all growers to BE A BREEDER!
Anyone of you guys can use our authentic regular Lowryder, which has started the New Era of Growing, to create your own autoflower strain! Don’t worry, we will help you!
You definitely should try our strains, which have developed based on our experience, knowledge, skills and capabilities! Compare different strains with each other!
See you soon!
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Russian tulip-growers say trade is booming

(7 Mar 2017) Russian tulip-growers in Nizhny Novgorod say trade is booming and they're hoping for continued good sales.
The tulip trade in the city southeast of Moscow has been increasing over the past years.
Local agricultural business Gorkovsky has grown 700,000 tulips in 2017, which makes up one third of the city's flower demand.
The rest of the flowers come from the Moscow region, the southern city of Krasnodar and abroad.
The company started with 100,000 tulips only six years ago but, thanks to rising demand, next year they are planning to grow one million flowers.
The tulips are usually cut in the morning before their buds open.
Then they are sorted, packed and brought to shops and markets.
One tulip costs from 50 to 200 rubles (approx. 0.9 - 3.5US dollars)
The Russian-grown tulip trade has been given a boost in recent years, thanks to tensions with the West over the annexation of Crimea and the war in Eastern Ukraine.
Dutch-imported tulips, for example, while not directly banned under the Russian counter-sanctions, have in recent years been subject to import restrictions related to concerns over health and safety and the Russian counter-sanctions against some European Union-imported foodstuffs.
In 2015, shipments of Dutch flowers were burnt by officials, who cited concerns over insect infestations allegedly found in the flowers.
Government sanctions enacted in response to those imposed by the West in the wake of the Russian annexation of Crimea reduced foreign competition in some sectors of the Russian economy, helping entrepreneurs to expand rapidly to plug the gap.
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Russia: Sanctions provide Crimean farmers with window of opportunity

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W/SOrchardC/UApplesSOTAlexander Ralko, agronomist (in Russian): "I think we are to secure some 80% of supplies to Russia with our Crimean apples."
W/S Orchard
M/S Ralko tending the orchard
C/U Apple
W/S Ralko tending the orchard
M/S Orchard
SOT Alexander Ralko, agronomist (in Russian): "Take a look, this tree was planted two years ago. The trees start giving 25-30 tons per hectare on the second year. This is why even if you have a little land to farm in Crimea, you can have great crops using intensive technologies."
C/U Apples
SOT Alexander Ralko, agronomist (in Russian): "This apple is of good quality, it does not lose to a Polish apple in any way, and we are much better on the issue of taste and on the issue of pesticides."
C/U Pipe
W/S Field
W/S Field
SCRIPT
Crimean apple growers were making preparations on Saturday to replace European companies barred from the Russian market due to recent trade restrictions. Import substitution will particularly affect Poland, the biggest apple producer in Europe. Fields near Bakhchisaray are hosting a number of companies growing apple trees on plots ranging from a dozen hectares to almost 300.
Farmers use drip irrigation technology, using water from nearby ponds. The two main apple varieties grown here are Simerenko and Fuji. The agronomists at the farms expect good crops, and producers hope for help from the government to hasten the transportation process and spread their apples all over Russia.
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Farm to Fresh: Stemilt Farms Russian River Pears

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Better soil leads to better crops

Working with local universities and educating Russian farmers in minimum tillage in order ...

Dutch throw tomatoes in fruity protest against Russian boycott

Around2000 people gathered at the main square in Amsterdam on Sunday (September 14) to join a massive tomato fight in support of the Dutch vegetable growers who are being affected by a Russian boycott of the EU agricultural products.
The popular SpanishLa Tomatina festival in Buñol inspired a few young Dutch entrepreneurs to organize Amsterdam's version of the tomato fight, drawing attention to the situation of Dutch tomato farmers affected by Russian sanctions.
In the fight that lasted for one hour the participants used about 10,000 kilograms of tomatoes.
To avoid completely wasting the food, the remaining pulp will be used as a source for making biogas, according to one of the organisers, Joep Verbunt.
"We organise it because of the Russian boycott, our farmers they have a big problem because they cannot deliver their products anymore to Russia and we try to help them to collect enough money, because everybody who is here they pay 15 euros, so the money goes to the farmers that have the problem now," Verbunt told Reuters, as he got hit by a fying tomato.
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The Rise of Psychedelic Truffles in Amsterdam

We took a trip to Amsterdam to learn about the ban of psychedelic mushrooms and the rise o...

The Rise of Psychedelic Truffles in Amsterdam

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Russia's smallest town with own tram system built by German POWs

(6 May 2017) LEADIN
In the heart of the Russian Ural mountain range, deep in the sub arc...

Russia's smallest town with own tram system built by German POWs

(6 May 2017) LEADIN
In the heart of the RussianUral mountain range, deep in the sub arctic forest known as the Taiga, lies the town of Volchansk.
It is an unremarkable town, but it has one claim to fame... it is the smallest town in Russia with its own tram service.
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Welcome to Volchansk, best known as Russia's smallest town with its own tramway.
A single-track 7.5-kilometer line connects the northern and the southern part of the town.
Costing just 30 US cents per ride, the tram carries up to 300 people on a weekday, running across town once an hour on old crooked rails.
In 1956, Volchansk was granted the township status after it expanded 6 kilometers north to compounds where coal, and before that gold mines, had been located.
The tram system, along with much of the town's infrastructure and industrial facilities, was constructed by German prisoners of war during and after World War II.
The tram system became operational in 1951 and initially ran along three routes transporting workers to industry.
One of the lines led to an opencast colliery, another, a cross-city line to the neighbouring town of Karpinsk 35 kilometers away.
The former was closed in 1994 due to theft of the rails and trolley wire while the latter was dismantled less than 10 years after the opening because it was in the way of a large working excavator.
The third, a 7.5-kilometer route, still crosses the town north to south.
Some residents still remember when the tramcars were full of people, and they had to hitch an extra car.
However the population of Volchansk has decreased steadily from 36 thousands of people in 1973 to under 10,000 today as the descendants of the WWII prisoners of war who constituted the majority in the town have moved to Germany.
Larisa Bushuyeva, the director of the tram line, adds that tram lost many of its passengers to buses and private cars.
"The thefts began (in 1990s): once a rail was detached and carried away, another time (a piece of) wire was stolen. And it (the tram) became unprofitable - people had been leaving the town. Are we to drive empty trams ? We decided one would be enough. Then buses appeared here. And accordingly all of them are faster and more convenient. People preferred another type of transport. Now we work as an antiquity."
All this makes the tram service unprofitable; every year local and regional authorities fund about $180,000 to maintain the line.
Four kilometers of the line between the two towns pass through part of the thick forest known as taiga that stretches from the Ural Mountains to the Far East.
The passengers often use the tram just to enjoy the forest view or to go there for fishing and mushroom picking.
Tram driverGalina Fyodorova says "here (in the forest) nobody gets on or gets off. Only mushroom-gatherers in summer."
Despite of perceptible shaking and loud noise inside, people love this transport mainly because it has a fixed schedule making it more reliable than local buses.
"It's faster by bus. (But) if you have an appoinment, you have to walk and wait (for bus), but by tram you reach (your destination) in time (knowing the schedule)." says passenger MargaritaFaber.
In 2009 Volchansk was recognised by the "book of records of Russia" as the "smallest town with tramway transportation".
Their plan to raise the claim to Guinness World Records was thwarted when they discovered a smaller town in Germany with a similar tram.
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Russian PresidentVladimir Putin congratulated the workers of Russia's agro-industrial sector on their professional day in Moscow on Sunday.
Vladimir Putin, President of Russia (Russian): "Dear friends! I would like to congratulate you on your professional holiday, Agriculture and Processing IndustryWorkers' Day. First of all, I would like to thank you for your constructive and intensive labour, for the rich and bountiful harvest grown by your hands and care, and for the excellent results that Russia is proud of. Today the agro-industrial complex is one of the drivers of national economic development. Our grain growers, livestock breeders and processing industry workers are proving by their actions that they can do business in a modern way, efficiently and assiduously. Relying on the best centuries-old traditions of the Russian peasantry, they are capable of setting records. This year we are expecting the biggest grain harvest in the history of modern Russia – about 115 million tonnes. Our country is in the lead in grain exports. I would like to note the good growth dynamics in other key sectors of the agro-industrial complex. In a word, Russia's agriculture is on the rise. The state will continue rendering its large-scale assistance and will support those who want to work the land and achieve success. Certainly, we will pay special attention to improving people's living standards, developing agricultural land and building modern social infrastructure facilities there. I am confident that our producers can fully supply the domestic market with quality food products: we have the potential to turn Russia into one of the world's largest food producers. This is an ambitious but – let me emphasise this again – quite realistic task. The main thing is to consistently work towards the set goal. I would like to thank again all the workers of the agro-industrial complex for your labour and dedication, for your contribution to Russia's development and consolidation. I sincerely wish you and your families good health, happiness, prosperity and, of course, new achievements. Happy professional holiday!"
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Turkey seeks compromise over Russian ban on its tomatoes

In a bid to resolve a trade row with Russia, Turkey has proposed Moscow lifts its ban on i...

Russian tulip-growers say trade is booming

(7 Mar 2017) Russian tulip-growers in Nizhny Novgorod say trade is booming and they're hoping for continued good sales.
The tulip trade in the city southeast of Moscow has been increasing over the past years.
Local agricultural business Gorkovsky has grown 700,000 tulips in 2017, which makes up one third of the city's flower demand.
The rest of the flowers come from the Moscow region, the southern city of Krasnodar and abroad.
The company started with 100,000 tulips only six years ago but, thanks to rising demand, next year they are planning to grow one million flowers.
The tulips are usually cut in the morning before their buds open.
Then they are sorted, packed and brought to shops and markets.
One tulip costs from 50 to 200 rubles (approx. 0.9 - 3.5US dollars)
The Russian-grown tulip trade has been given a boost in recent years, thanks to tensions with the West over the annexation of Crimea and the war in Eastern Ukraine.
Dutch-imported tulips, for example, while not directly banned under the Russian counter-sanctions, have in recent years been subject to import restrictions related to concerns over health and safety and the Russian counter-sanctions against some European Union-imported foodstuffs.
In 2015, shipments of Dutch flowers were burnt by officials, who cited concerns over insect infestations allegedly found in the flowers.
Government sanctions enacted in response to those imposed by the West in the wake of the Russian annexation of Crimea reduced foreign competition in some sectors of the Russian economy, helping entrepreneurs to expand rapidly to plug the gap.
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Russia: Sanctions provide Crimean farmers with window of opportunity

Video ID: 20140809-062
W/SOrchardC/UApplesSOTAlexander Ralko, agronomist (in Russian): "I think we are to secure some 80% of supplies to Russia with our Crimean apples."
W/S Orchard
M/S Ralko tending the orchard
C/U Apple
W/S Ralko tending the orchard
M/S Orchard
SOT Alexander Ralko, agronomist (in Russian): "Take a look, this tree was planted two years ago. The trees start giving 25-30 tons per hectare on the second year. This is why even if you have a little land to farm in Crimea, you can have great crops using intensive technologies."
C/U Apples
SOT Alexander Ralko, agronomist (in Russian): "This apple is of good quality, it does not lose to a Polish apple in any way, and we are much better on the issue of taste and on the issue of pesticides."
C/U Pipe
W/S Field
W/S Field
SCRIPT
Crimean apple growers were making preparations on Saturday to replace European companies barred from the Russian market due to recent trade restrictions. Import substitution will particularly affect Poland, the biggest apple producer in Europe. Fields near Bakhchisaray are hosting a number of companies growing apple trees on plots ranging from a dozen hectares to almost 300.
Farmers use drip irrigation technology, using water from nearby ponds. The two main apple varieties grown here are Simerenko and Fuji. The agronomists at the farms expect good crops, and producers hope for help from the government to hasten the transportation process and spread their apples all over Russia.
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Farm to Fresh: Stemilt Farms Russian River Pears

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Better soil leads to better crops

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Dutch throw tomatoes in fruity protest against Russian boycott

Around2000 people gathered at the main square in Amsterdam on Sunday (September 14) to join a massive tomato fight in support of the Dutch vegetable growers who are being affected by a Russian boycott of the EU agricultural products.
The popular SpanishLa Tomatina festival in Buñol inspired a few young Dutch entrepreneurs to organize Amsterdam's version of the tomato fight, drawing attention to the situation of Dutch tomato farmers affected by Russian sanctions.
In the fight that lasted for one hour the participants used about 10,000 kilograms of tomatoes.
To avoid completely wasting the food, the remaining pulp will be used as a source for making biogas, according to one of the organisers, Joep Verbunt.
"We organise it because of the Russian boycott, our farmers they have a big problem because they cannot deliver their products anymore to Russia and we try to help them to collect enough money, because everybody who is here they pay 15 euros, so the money goes to the farmers that have the problem now," Verbunt told Reuters, as he got hit by a fying tomato.
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The Rise of Psychedelic Truffles in Amsterdam

We took a trip to Amsterdam to learn about the ban of psychedelic mushrooms and the rise o...

The Rise of Psychedelic Truffles in Amsterdam

We took a trip to Amsterdam to learn about the ban of psychedelic mushrooms and the rise of truffles that contain psilocybin (the stuff that makes you trip balls).
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Russia's smallest town with own tram system built by German POWs

(6 May 2017) LEADIN
In the heart of the Russian Ural mountain range, deep in the sub arc...

Russia's smallest town with own tram system built by German POWs

(6 May 2017) LEADIN
In the heart of the RussianUral mountain range, deep in the sub arctic forest known as the Taiga, lies the town of Volchansk.
It is an unremarkable town, but it has one claim to fame... it is the smallest town in Russia with its own tram service.
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Welcome to Volchansk, best known as Russia's smallest town with its own tramway.
A single-track 7.5-kilometer line connects the northern and the southern part of the town.
Costing just 30 US cents per ride, the tram carries up to 300 people on a weekday, running across town once an hour on old crooked rails.
In 1956, Volchansk was granted the township status after it expanded 6 kilometers north to compounds where coal, and before that gold mines, had been located.
The tram system, along with much of the town's infrastructure and industrial facilities, was constructed by German prisoners of war during and after World War II.
The tram system became operational in 1951 and initially ran along three routes transporting workers to industry.
One of the lines led to an opencast colliery, another, a cross-city line to the neighbouring town of Karpinsk 35 kilometers away.
The former was closed in 1994 due to theft of the rails and trolley wire while the latter was dismantled less than 10 years after the opening because it was in the way of a large working excavator.
The third, a 7.5-kilometer route, still crosses the town north to south.
Some residents still remember when the tramcars were full of people, and they had to hitch an extra car.
However the population of Volchansk has decreased steadily from 36 thousands of people in 1973 to under 10,000 today as the descendants of the WWII prisoners of war who constituted the majority in the town have moved to Germany.
Larisa Bushuyeva, the director of the tram line, adds that tram lost many of its passengers to buses and private cars.
"The thefts began (in 1990s): once a rail was detached and carried away, another time (a piece of) wire was stolen. And it (the tram) became unprofitable - people had been leaving the town. Are we to drive empty trams ? We decided one would be enough. Then buses appeared here. And accordingly all of them are faster and more convenient. People preferred another type of transport. Now we work as an antiquity."
All this makes the tram service unprofitable; every year local and regional authorities fund about $180,000 to maintain the line.
Four kilometers of the line between the two towns pass through part of the thick forest known as taiga that stretches from the Ural Mountains to the Far East.
The passengers often use the tram just to enjoy the forest view or to go there for fishing and mushroom picking.
Tram driverGalina Fyodorova says "here (in the forest) nobody gets on or gets off. Only mushroom-gatherers in summer."
Despite of perceptible shaking and loud noise inside, people love this transport mainly because it has a fixed schedule making it more reliable than local buses.
"It's faster by bus. (But) if you have an appoinment, you have to walk and wait (for bus), but by tram you reach (your destination) in time (knowing the schedule)." says passenger MargaritaFaber.
In 2009 Volchansk was recognised by the "book of records of Russia" as the "smallest town with tramway transportation".
Their plan to raise the claim to Guinness World Records was thwarted when they discovered a smaller town in Germany with a similar tram.
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Russian PresidentVladimir Putin congratulated the workers of Russia's agro-industrial sector on their professional day in Moscow on Sunday.
Vladimir Putin, President of Russia (Russian): "Dear friends! I would like to congratulate you on your professional holiday, Agriculture and Processing IndustryWorkers' Day. First of all, I would like to thank you for your constructive and intensive labour, for the rich and bountiful harvest grown by your hands and care, and for the excellent results that Russia is proud of. Today the agro-industrial complex is one of the drivers of national economic development. Our grain growers, livestock breeders and processing industry workers are proving by their actions that they can do business in a modern way, efficiently and assiduously. Relying on the best centuries-old traditions of the Russian peasantry, they are capable of setting records. This year we are expecting the biggest grain harvest in the history of modern Russia – about 115 million tonnes. Our country is in the lead in grain exports. I would like to note the good growth dynamics in other key sectors of the agro-industrial complex. In a word, Russia's agriculture is on the rise. The state will continue rendering its large-scale assistance and will support those who want to work the land and achieve success. Certainly, we will pay special attention to improving people's living standards, developing agricultural land and building modern social infrastructure facilities there. I am confident that our producers can fully supply the domestic market with quality food products: we have the potential to turn Russia into one of the world's largest food producers. This is an ambitious but – let me emphasise this again – quite realistic task. The main thing is to consistently work towards the set goal. I would like to thank again all the workers of the agro-industrial complex for your labour and dedication, for your contribution to Russia's development and consolidation. I sincerely wish you and your families good health, happiness, prosperity and, of course, new achievements. Happy professional holiday!"
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Recognising Russian wheat aphid

This webinar is about recognising Russian wheat aphid in crops. What symptoms you need to look for and how to report if you suspect that you have found it in crops in Western Australia. Acknowledgements: DAFWA, GRDC and COGGO

52:08

Afghan Overdose. Inside opium trade

Afghanistan is the world’s biggest exporter of black-market opium from which heroin is mad...

Afghan Overdose. Inside opium trade

Afghanistan is the world’s biggest exporter of black-market opium from which heroin is made. It’s a multi-billion dollar business, responsible for around a hundred thousand deaths every year and it’s a major source of income for terrorists. RT Doc travelled to the poppy fields where death is harvested to find out why no one can put a stop to this deadly trade.
When it comes to heroin, a non-intervention policy is still going strong in Afghanistan where over 90% of the world’s black market opium is produced. Most finds its way onto the international drug market and the profits fund organized crime and terrorist groups like ISIS, which is growing in strength here.
The dealers and manufacturers aren’t hard to find: they live in luxurious houses, have fields blooming with poppies and sell their narcotic wares in broad daylight. Even so, they still manage to evade arrest. Poppy fields are destroyed and drugs seized but it’s only ever the middle men who are punished, not the drug lords. There’s been a NATO military presence in the country for 14 years now but still, drugs production continues to grow.
Local people suffer from the drug business too, around 18% of the capital’s population are drug addicts. The places where drugs are sold and used are well known but the police are powerless to act. Mafia wars drive civilians from their land in the southern regions, forcing them into refugee camps in their own country. Opium growers get rich by plunging fellow citizens into the depths of misery.
RT Doc’s investigative team visited Afghanistan to document the Police’s losing battle against opium producers and its effect on the rest of the country. They talk to police officers, drug users and opium growers in search of a fuller picture and to ask why this massive and life-destroying industry continues to flourish.
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Kings of Cannabis (Full Length Documentary)

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Kings of Cannabis (Full Length Documentary)

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You might not know who Arjan Roskam is, but you've probably smoked his weed. Arjan's been breeding some of the most famous marijuana strains in the world—like White Widow, Super SilverHaze, and many others—for over 20 years.
In 1992 he opened his first coffee shop in Amsterdam and has since crafted his marijuana-breeding skills into a market-savvy empire known as Green HouseSeedCompany, which rakes in millions of dollars a year.
He's won 38 CannabisCups and has dubbed himself the King of Cannabis.
VICE joins Arjan and his crew of strain hunters in Colombia to look for three of the country's rarest types of weed, strains that have remained genetically pure for decades. In grower's terms, these are called landraces. We trudge up mountains and crisscross military checkpoints in the country's still-violent south, and then head north to the breathtaking Caribbean coast. As the dominoes of criminalization fall throughout the world, Arjan is positioned to be at the forefront of the legitimate international seed trade.
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The Rise of Psychedelic Truffles in Amsterdam

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The Rise of Psychedelic Truffles in Amsterdam

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The Dark Grey Market: Canadian Cannabis

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The Dark Grey Market: Canadian Cannabis

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Cannabis in Canada is still widely illegal. With a new government entering parliament in 2016, the odds of legalization, further criminalization or decriminalization of marijuana coming to fruition are still to be determined. But despite that, black market growers and grey market marijuana dispensaries are more prevalent than ever. And the sometimes dangerous, and legally dubious process of manufacturing weed oils and other concentrates is rising with growers investing tens of thousands of dollars to make sheets of potent pot wax.
With the legal fate of weed still in the balance, VICE host Damian Abraham went to BC, the Wild West of Canadian chronic, visited grows operating illegally or semi-legally, met concentrate manufacturers making large quantities of oil in spite of the law, and checked in on the exploding dispensary scene that the federal Conservative government is trying to shut down.
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Doctor's Choice answering questions from Dzagi (Russian Subtitles)

Sasha the JointDoctor himself is representing the new seedbank Doctor's Choice and answering questions from Dzagi people (Dzagi.club). Cheer up!
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Саша Джоинт Доктор собственной персоной отвечает на вопросы посетителей Dzagi! Специально для Dzagi!
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From early on, the Joint Doctor led a unique quest:
to develop the fastest, most compact plants.
His revolutionary strain Lowryder launched the age of Autoflowers.
Through the new seedbank Doctor's Choice, the Joint Doctor offers premium seeds selected for high yields, stability and superior taste.
The Doctor's Choice produces and sells one of the best seeds on the market. Its founder and the main breeder Sasha Joint Doctor is the father of autoflowering hemp with a high content of THC. He is the father of the New Era of Growing.
The mission of the Doctor's Choice is to give the opportunity to all growers to BE A BREEDER!
Anyone of you guys can use our authentic regular Lowryder, which has started the New Era of Growing, to create your own autoflower strain! Don’t worry, we will help you!
You definitely should try our strains, which have developed based on our experience, knowledge, skills and capabilities! Compare different strains with each other!
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